Does anyone know the best way to convert 720P video from the HD10U to an HDCam tape? We're making a documentary with primarily Sony F900/3s, but we want to occasionally use a the HD10U as a second or third camera.

We downconvert all of or HDCam tapes to DVCam to edit in FCP, then reassemble at a post house. We don't want to have two formats to deal with in post - such as 720P and 24P.

It seems the only way to get the HD signal out of the HD10U is to use the firewire, which is not supported by any HDDecks.

I had someone try to capture the HD10U's video into FCP using Hueris software, then rescale, and then render the video to 24P, then output the results on a Kona card to an HDCam deck, but the results were jitterly and the in fast motion. This person has stopped working on a solution...

It sounds like you were on the right track. The biggest issue is the frame rate not the resolution. Even the camera does an OK job of upscaling 720p to 1080i on its analog output. But with the up-scale you still have 30P not 24P, which it seems you need. 30P to 24P conversion is very difficult to do well. You previous attempt likely used frame blending or frame duplication which will look jittery. Tools like Magic Bullet and Twixtor can perform this conversion with motion interpolation that produces good results with a lot of rendering time.

Hi Everybody,
finally I`ve got my HD10U.I just received today from B&H...Thanks for all the suggestions to help me deciding it!
I also want to purchase a matte box now and I decided to stay at Century Optics matte box.I just would like to know how exactly things work with it ...The matte box accept 4x4 and 3x3 filters.Anybody can tell me what will be the difference using this or that ??? Will I have the same use of both or one will be worst or better than the other.
Appreciate all your help
Thanks
Gabor

"Anyone in Manhattan with a JVC HDV cam that would like to lend it to me and Adam Wilt for our session at DVExpo? You would really be helping us out immensely. Any takers? Next Weds July 14 at 9:30AM, Javitz Center."

Reply here and I'll coordinate you through Bruce and Adam. I'll try to get 'em to buy you lunch, at least, for the loan. You should get a floor pass too. Thanks,

Well, it took 2 months for my HD10 to develop a stuck pixel. I've seen reports here about stuck pixels which will appear as a bright green dot on the footage and that's exactly how it appears on my footage. So my question is: has anybody had JVC to service their camera for this particular problem? Did they take care of it and if, then how fast?

I had that very same problem. I had to return mine to Japan cuz I bought it there. They were really helpful, but unfortunately they could not fix it so they just replaced it with another camera. I was lucky it was still under warranty. I wonder if this is an onging problem for the HD1 users? Hope you can get a replacement too.